1183881 - history.state is reset to null without dispatching popstate after "navigating" to the same hash

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[Rob Wu [:robwu]]

Attachment: Self-contained test case. Open the file and follow the steps to reproduce.

1. Open the test file (this will automatically replace the history entry with #atarget and some value in history.state).
2. Click on the link (to the identical #atarget).

Expected result:
Either of the following:
- The history state should not change, since the link target is identical.
- history.state becomes null, but the popstate event is fired so that the application is aware of this change.

Actual result:
- history.state is set to null, without any notifications.

Comment 1

[joselchecaexpo]

This problem happens within two scenarios:

- A button/link with current url is clicked
- The webpage is refreshed by enter trough navBar.

With this bug I can't track the state that has been pushed therefore it will duplicate it un the history.